The First Ever Turbulence Training Fat Burning Workout

In case you missed it…part 1 of the “History of Turbulence Training” can be found here atTurbulence Training for Fat Loss.To make that long story short, I was working 16 hours per day and trying to fit in a fat burning workout in just 50 minutes…and that’s where today’s story picks up.

I was just about to bust my tail to get over to the gym. I had to run through the cold, dreary Canadian winter afternoon, and when I got to the gym, I did a quick but thorough warm-up. Unlike most people, I wasn’t wasting my time doing a 5-minute walk on the treadmill, that’s pointless and does nothing to prepare you for Turbulence Training. Instead, I did a bodyweight circuit that was specific to my lifts.

For my specific warm-up, I did bodyweight squats, pushups, and lunges. I also did some light sets of the resistance training exercises as well.

Once I got through the warm-up for the fat burning workout, I then chose the best total-body, multi-muscle exercises and did as many non-competing supersets as I could in the remainder of the 20 minutes.

Non-competing supersets simply mean doing 2 exercises back to back with little to no rest between exercise, however each exercise must not interfere with the other. That tends to be different from classic bodybuilding supersets that tend to focus on the same muscle groups.

In the Turbulence Training fat burning workouts, you want to perform each exercise as challenging as possible, so you want to be fresh, not fatigued.

Immediately after I did the resistance exercises, I went straight to interval training on the bike. After a warm-up that increased in intensity over time, I did six 45-second intervals followed by 45 seconds of easy recovery interval and then a short cool-down to finish those intervals in under 20 minutes.

Lift first, intervals second. Forget that old wives tale about doing cardio first to burn more fat. That’s just junk.

And that was it. That’s all you need for a fat loss program. Well, that and a quick shower before I headed back to the lab. You don’t need long, slow cardio workouts. You just need short, burst exercise workouts and a the right fat burning diet for your personality.

And since that day, millions of men and women have used Turbulence Training – thanks to the Internet and my programs being in Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Prevention, Oxygen, and Muscle and Fitness Hers. It’s amazing to hear folks finally getting results, rather than wasting time with slow cardio workouts.

Glad to have you as part of the Turbulence Training Lifestyle Revolution.

Craig Ballantyne is the author of The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day and Control Your Life. Craig has been a contributor to Men’s Health magazine for over 17 years. Today he teaches his gift high-performing entrepreneurs how to squeeze more out of their days, increase their income, and make more quality time for their families in his Perfect Life Workshop and Work-Life Mastery programs. Craig used his own advice to overcome crippling anxiety attacks in 2006, and he’ll teach you his 5 Pillars of Success so you can increase your income, decrease your work time, and live the life of your dreams. Learn more about Craig at craigballantyne.com

I actually like the hard grip feeling that I get from holding the dumbbells and doing chin ups. I think it helps me lift higher loads in exercises like dead lifts, cleans and presses because I get use to the stress on my hands. Now my friends wear gloves only when they workout with me and they are still afraid of lifting heavy.

Al S

So after reading your numerous articles about your workouts, i still haven’t found how many training sessions you do per week? 2,3,4? I do belive in your theory: resistence the intervals, but diet is most important.

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